Личные местоимения в английском языке бывают двух видов: субъектные (subject pronouns) и объектные (object pronouns). Субъектные выступают подлежащим (subject) в предложении и отвечают на вопросы Кто? Что? Объектные же выступают дополнением (object) и отвечают на вопросы падежей: Кого?
{21 E4 AEA4-8 DFA-4 A89-87 EB-49 C32662 AFE0}Subject pronoun. Object pronoun. Examples. IMe. I saw John yesterday. John saw me yesterday. You. You. You like John. John likes you. He. Him. He loves Angela. Angela loves him. She. Her. She knows David. David knows her. It. It. It costs a lot of money. Eric bought it. We. Us. We saw John. John saw us. You. You. Do you both live here?I’ll show you both the garden. They. Them. They live together in Paris. We met them in Spain.
It or he and she for animals?We mainly use it when speaking about animals. If the animal is a pet, we often use he / him or she / her: The cat’s ill – I’m going to take her to the vet. Our dog sleeps outside in summer but he comes inside in winter. Ships are sometimes referred to as she / her: The ship was designed in France, but she was built in Italy.
When we don’t know the person’s gender: he, he or she or they. English has several ways of using a pronoun to represent a person whose gender we do not know, e.g. a visitor, a traveler, a teacher, a driver, a guest, someone, etc. Take a look at these examples: There’s someone at the door – let him in, please. There’s someone at the door – let them in, please. When a guest arrives, they can go straight to their room. When a guest arrives, he or she can go straight to their room. When a guest arrives, he can go straight to his room.
Elementary grammar exercise: personal pronouns – I, me, he, him, she, her, etc. My brother works in a hospital – ____ is a doctor. My sister also works in a hospital – ____ is a nurse. I have a new car – ____ is red. I have a new car. I bought ____ yesterday. Who is that man? I don't know ____ . Who is that woman? I don't know ____. I love bananas. I eat ____ every day. I love tea. I drink ____ every day. Our teacher is great. ____ all like him. He works with me and my brother - he works with ____ .